Renfrewshire bin collections
Since Monday 7 September 2026, Renfrewshire has been on new collection schedules. If you're still going by an older calendar, check your days again.
Two bin days for most homes
The September change gave most Renfrewshire homes two collection days: recycling on one, the grey bin on another. How often each bin goes hardly changed. If you added the old schedule to a phone calendar, download the iCal file again, because the old one still shows the old days.
Which bin is which in Renfrewshire
Grey for general waste, blue for paper and card, green for plastics, cans and glass, brown for garden and food waste. Bins on the pavement by 7am.
Garden waste: £52 a year
£52 for a permit valid from 1 May 2026 to 30 April 2027. It's free if you're on full Council Tax Reduction or get the severe mental impairment discount. Applications close in mid-December 2026 and reopen in spring. Help is on 0300 300 0380.
Food waste collection
Food goes in the brown bin, or an outdoor caddy, if your property is on a food waste route. The permit is only needed for garden waste. The kitchen caddy is free and you get a year's liners.
Report a missed bin
Don't report it until after 6.30pm on collection day, then you've got two days (14 if you get assisted bin help).
Bulky waste collection from £44.10
£44.10 for one to five general items or bags, £77.20 for six to ten and £132.30 for eleven to twenty, then £8.85 each. Upholstered furniture and white goods are £49.65 per piece. Council tenants get two free collections a year. Collection is within 28 days, payments are non-refundable and orders can't be changed.
Recycling centres in Renfrewshire
There are five household waste recycling centres, but only Linwood lets in vans, pickups and trailers, and only with a permit.
- Linwood household waste recycling centre
Get told the night before
Binformation is a free Android app. Put your postcode in once and it sends a notification the evening before each collection, saying which bins are going. If the council moves your day for a bank holiday, the reminder moves with it.
Where this comes from
Every fact on this page was read from the council's own website, last checked on 26 October 2026. Councils change prices each April, so check the link before you pay for anything.
- Collection changes: renfrewshire.gov.uk
- Garden waste: renfrewshire.gov.uk
- Food waste: renfrewshire.gov.uk
- Missed bins: renfrewshire.gov.uk
- Bulky waste: renfrewshire.gov.uk
- Recycling centres: renfrewshire.gov.uk
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